Photos: The Week in Photos (Nov. 19-25)

A welder, working in the heavy snow, lifts a piece of steel into place before tacking it to another at the top of the Queen’s Bench Court construction site, Thursday.

Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Schoolchildren on tours of the Western Development Museum get a sneak peek at the Festival of Trees two days before it opens to the public, Friday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Blind Nordic skiers Joanne Ferguson (L) and Conrad Lange (C), along with ski guide Paul Millette, set up for an outing at Wildwood Golf Course in Saskatoon, Saturday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

Brunskill School students play games outside among the tall pine trees in President Murray Park during a warm Tuesday afternoon.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Edward’s School of Business teammates Paul Martyka, Annie Stadynk (L) and Hillary Carlson and Levi Kaal (behind) were diving for dollars during the school’s eighth annual Children’s Hospital Foundation fundraiser outside of City Hall, Friday. They were polar bear swimming in their suits in a freezing pool of water.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Sessional lecturer from the University of Saskatchewan, Bonnie Nicholson, plays the TCU Place piano in front of a crowd of visitors, Thursday. Lisa and Jim Yuel’s gift, a Steinway grand piano, was on stage at TCU Place during a news conference.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Ross Wilson in a pile of snow outside his Lakeview-area condo, Monday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

Competitors in Saskatoon Lions short track speed skating at new Legends Centre in Warman, Saturday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

City of Saskatoon employees begin to string up Christmas decorations along the Broadway Bridge, one day after the Santa Claus parade, Monday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Devon Kalinski of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns (C) squeezes through between University of Saskatchewan Huskies goalie Ryan Holfeld and defenceman Garrett Thiessen at the side of the net at Rutherford Arena in Saskatoon, Friday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

People clean their walks along 33rd Street West in Saskatoon, Thursday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

Till operator Tanya Wilson was busy ringing through stacks of sales items for a long line-up of shoppers reaping the benefits of Christmas shopping at Toy’s R Us with the Black Friday sales, Friday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi, poses for photos in front of a theatre billboard advertising the movie by the same name, prior to a special preview screening at Galaxy Theatre in Saskatoon, Monday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

Reg Ealey puts one of the first floods on the Meewasin/Cameco Skaters Lodge and wishes he could have enough ice built up for skating tonight, but it will take a few more days, Wednesday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Ninety-year-old Violet Lesko shovels snow piles almost as high as herself on 33rd Street West in Saskatoon, Thursday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

Young cancer survivor Andrew Bell poses with University of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey players — Kyle Aschim, Cody Smuk, Mathew Delahey, Zak Stebner and Craig McCallum — at Rutherford Arena in Saskatoon, Thursday. The players will donate their shaved locks at the end of the season for cancer support services.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

Mark McIntyre, a testicular cancer survivor, seen in Saskatoon on Wednesday, is hitchhiking across Canada in his underwear to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

City of Saskatoon employees begin to string up Christmas decorations along the Broadway Bridge, one day after the Santa Claus parade, Monday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Lionel Dietrick and his wife Annette have been cross-country skiing for a long time together. They bought their skis 30 years ago and still get out in Scott Park near their Mount Royal home. Taken Monday.Richard Marjan
/ The StarPhoenix

Jaden Bissky takes a spill behind leader Brynne McMaster in group four 1500m event of Saskatoon Lions short track speed skating at new Legends Centre in Warman, Saturday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

The warmer weather brought a kiteboarder out into the wind straw field for some fun in the snow, Tuesday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi (R), signs copies of his book for Brent Wilde (L) prior to a special preview screening of the movie based on the book at Galaxy Theatre in Saskatoon, Monday.Greg Pender
/ The StarPhoenix

An Innovative Residential crane toppled over at the module housing project on Shillington Crescent in Blairmore for reasons not known at the time, Thursday.Gord Waldner
/ The StarPhoenix

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